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Greater yellowlegs
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The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.
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Greater yellowlegs | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Tringa |
Species: | T. melanoleuca |
Binomial name | |
Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | |
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Breeding Migration Nonbreeding | |
Synonyms | |
Totanus melanoleucus |
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